2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Time/Result LOUISVILLE NOVEMBER 2020-21 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Wed. 25 at Southeast Missouri (ESPN+) W, 74-53 Sun 29 Eastern Kentucky (ACCNX) W, 101-58 7. Northwestern Wildcats vs. 2. Louisville Cardinals DECEMBER Game 28 • Wed., March 24 • 5 p.m. ET • ESPN2/790-AM WKRD • San Antonio, Texas • Alamodome Fri. 4 vs. No. 20/19 DePaul (ESPN) W, 116-75 Sun. 6 UT Martin (ACCNX) W, 85-67 Wed. 9 at Duke (RSN) * W, 73-49 LOUISVILLE NORTHWESTERN Record: 24-3, 14-2 Record: 16-8, 11-7 JANUARY NET: 6 SOS: 14 NET: 31 SOS: 65 Fri. 1 Northern Kentucky (ACCNX) W, 74-64 Sat. 2 Bellarmine (ACCNX) W, 97-46 Last Game: W, 74-43 vs. Marist Last Game: W, 62-51 vs. UCF Tues. 5 UT Martin (ACCN) W, 96-61 Current Streak: W1 Current Streak: W1 Thur. 7 at Virginia Tech (RSN) * W, 71-67 Scoring Margin: +17.4 Scoring Margin: +6.9 Sun. 10 Clemson (ACCN) * W, 70-45 Head Coach: Jeff Walz Head Coach: Joe McKeown (13th year) Thur. 14 Boston College (ACCN) * W, 89-70 Record at UofL: 383-107 (14th year) Record at Northwestern: 224-185 (35th year) Sun. 17 Florida State (ESPN2) * W, 84-56 Career Record: Same Carrer Record: 733-359 (35th year) Thur. 21 No. 23/21 Syracuse (ESPN2) * W, 67-54 Leading Scorer: Evans (19.8) Leading Scorer: Burton (16.3) Sun. 24 at Wake Forest (ACCN) * W, 65-63 Tues. 26 Miami (ACCN) * W, 79-76 Leading Rebounder: Cochran (6.6) Leading Rebounder: Shaw (6.3) Thur. 28 North Carolina (ACCN) * W, 79-68 Assists Leader: Evans (4.1) Assists Leader: Burton (4.9) Blocks Leader: Balogun (1.5) Blocks Leader: Wood (1.1) FEBRUARY Steals Leader: Evans (1.3) Steals Leader: Burton (3.9) Mon. 1 No. 4/2 NC State (ESPN2) * L, 74-60 Thur. 4 at Boston College (ACCN) * W, 97-68 STARTING FIVE Sun. 7 Notre Dame (ESPN) * W, 71-65 Thur. 11 Georgia Tech (ACCNX) * W, 85-70 At 24-3 and No. 8 in the AP poll and No. 7 in the USA Today poll, Louisville is a No. 2 seed in the Thur. 18 at Pittsburgh (ACCN) * W, 82-58 NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The Cardinals were a No. 1 seed in 2018 (Final Sun. 21 at Florida State (ACCNX) * L, 68-59 Four) and 2019 (Elite Eight). Louisville has never faced a 15-seed in the NCAA Tournament. Sun. 28 at Notre Dame (ESPN) * W, 78-61 <Louisville is making its 23rd NCAA Tournament appearance and 12th in 13 tournaments under head coach Jeff Walz. The Cardinals are playing in their 10th straight NCAA Tournament. Louisville is MARCH 35-22 all-time. They were 4-11 in their first 11 appearances and are 31-11 in their 12 appearances with Fri. 5 vs. Wake Forest (8) (RSN) @ W, 65-53 Walz. They have moved on to the Sweet 16 nine times, the Elite Eight five times, Final Four three times Sat. 6 vs. Syracuse (5) (ACCN) @ W, 72-59 (2009, 2013, 2018) and twice advanced to the title game. With three Final Fours in the last 11 years, Sun. 7 vs. No. 3/4 NC State (2) (ESPN2) @ L, 58-56 UofL ranks fourth in the country behind UConn (11), Stanford (6) and Notre Dame (6). Mon. 22 vs. 15-seed Marist (ESPN) # W, 74-43 Wed. 24 vs. 7-seed Northwestern (ESPN2) # 5 p.m. ET UofL enters postseason play with two players that have tournament experience in a Cardinals uniform. Dana Evans came off the bench as a freshman for the 2018 team that reached the final four, Home games are in bold | All Times Eastern averaging 6.2 points and 2.4 assists in 19.0 minutes. As a sophomore in 2019, she helped the Cards * = ACC reach the Elite Eight, averaging 9.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists. In 2019, Mykasa Robinson @ = ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) played in four games, including one start, averaging 8.5 minutes. Kianna Smith played in the 2018 # = NCAA Tournament (San Antonio, Texas) and 2019 NCAA Tournaments while at Cal, averaging 15.3 points and 4.3 assists, while shooting 6-14 from deep. As a freshman, she had 20 points and eight assists in the first round loss to Virginia. Ahlana Smith played two games in the 2019 tournament at UCLA, averaging 6.5 minutes. QUICK FACTS Senior Dana Evans continues to rack up accolades as she has been named one of four finalists Location Louisville, Ky. Founded / Enrollment 1798 / 22,298 for the Naismith Women's Trophy, and an Associated Press, espnW and Sports Illustrated First Team Nickname / Colors Cardinals / Red and Black All-American. Conference Atlantic Coast Home Court (Capacity) KFC Yum! Center (22,000) Senior Dana Evans was named ACC Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Evans President Dr. Neeli Bendapudi joins Asia Durr as the only players in program history to earn conference player of the year multiple Vice President for Athletics Vince Tyra times. She is the ninth player in ACC history to win the award in back-to-back years. Last season, she Senior Woman Administrator Amy Calabrese became the first player in league history to go from winning ACC Sixth Player of the Year to winning Head Coach Jeff Walz (Northern Kentucky, ‘95) ACC Player of the Year the following season. It marks the fourth straight year that the conference’s top Associate Head Coach Stephanie Norman honor has come from the Cardinals program, as Louisville joins Duke as the only two programs with Associate Coach Sam Purcell the ACC Player of the Year in four consecutive years. On Wednesday, Evans was named Kay Yow Assistant Coach Jonneshia Pineda Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She joins Durr as the only Cardinals to win this prestigious award. Director of Operations Kate Tucker Assoc. Strength & Conditioning Coach Beth Burns In addition to Evans being named the ACC Player of the Year, Mykasa Robinson was named to the Exec. Director/Player Relations Adrienne Johnson All-ACC Defensive Team and Olivia Cochran and Hailey Van Lith were named to the All-ACC Freshman Video Coordinator/Graphic Design LaMont Russell Team. Robinson is the first named to All-Defensive team since Kylee Shook and Jazmine Jones did so All-Time Record 930-498 (46th yr.) All-Time NCAA Tournament Record 35-22 (23 Appearances) last season, while Cochran and Van Lith are first on All-Freshman team since Evans did so in 2017-18. SID - Nick Evans c: (502) 807-9345 Liz Dixon, Evans, Robinson, Kianna Smith and Van Lith were named to the All-ACC Academic team. email: [email protected] Evans, Kianna Smith and Van Lith were all named to the ACC All-Tournamen team. Athletics Department (502) 852-5732 Basketball Office (502) 852-8355 Sports Information Office // University of Louisville // Louisville, KY 40292 // GoCards.com Sports Information Office (502) 852-6581 Phone: (502) 852-3085 // Fax: (502) 852-7401 // email: [email protected] // Twitter: @UofLWBB 1 10 5 14 44 Dana Olivia Hailey Kianna EVANS SMITH Mykasa VAN LITH VAN COCHRAN ROBINSON PPG RPG APG MPG PPG RPG APG MPG PPG RPG APG MPG PPG RPG APG MPG PPG RPG APG MPG 19.8 2.7 4.1 32.4 11.4 5.4 2.2 29.8 2.4 4.0 2.3 20.0 11.4 3.6 2.2 27.1 10.3 6.6 0.7 20.7 2020-21 LOUISVILLE CARDINALS BASKETBALL GAME 28: NCAA TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND vs. NORTHWESTERN | MARCH 24, 2021 2020-21 Louisville Cardinals (24-3 Overall, 14-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) Projected Starters (Based off last game) No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG Notes 1 Dana Evans G 5-6 Sr. Gary, Ind. 19.8 2.7 4.1 Named ACC Player of the Year Last 2 Seasons 10 Hailey Van Lith G 5-7 Fr. Wenatchee, Wash. 11.4 5.4 2.2 Named to ACC All-Freshman Team 5 Mykasa Robinson G 5-7 Jr. Ashland, Ky. 2.4 4.0 2.3 Named to ACC All-Defensive Team 14 Kianna Smith G 6-0 R-Jr. Moreno Valley, Calif. 11.4 3.6 2.2 Named to ACC All-Tournament team 44 Olivia Cochran F 6-3 Fr. Columbus, Ga. 10.3 6.6 0.7 Named to ACC All-Freshman Team Reserves 0 Ramani Parker F 6-4 R-Fr. Fresno, Calif. 2.7 2.2 0.1 Redshirted in 2019-20 2 Ahlana Smith G 5-9 Jr. Charlotte, N.C. 2.9 1.0 0.8 Named NJCAA Player of the Year in 2019-20 3 Malea Williams F 6-4 Fr. Georgetown, Ky. 1.7 0.7 0.0 KABC Region 11 Player of the Year 4 Elizabeth Balogun G 6-1 Jr. Chattanooga, Tenn. 6.4 3.8 1.7 Named to Cheryl Miller Award Watch List 11 Norika Konno G 5-10 So. Sendai, Japan 3.5 1.4 0.9 Missed last 14 games in 2019-20 with knee injury 13 Merissah Russell G 5-11 Fr. Ottawa, Canada 2.3 2.3 0.4 Member of Canada’s Senior National team 22 Liz Dixon F 6-5 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. 8.1 5.6 0.5 1 of 4 players to play all 32 games last season Pronunciation Guide Ramani (Rah-mah-nee), Ahlana (a-LAWN-uh), Malea (mah-LAY-uh), Balogun (BAL-uh-GOON), Mykasa (Mah-casa), Van Lith (LITH), Norika Konno (NO-rika Koh-NO), Kianna (KEY-awna), Walz (Walls), Jonneshia Pineda (JO-nee-SHA PIN-ay-duh) ABOUT THE WILDCATS The Wildcats are 16-8 overall with an 11-7 Big Ten record and they advanced to their first Big Ten Tournament semifinal since 2016.